Marzipan

🥘 Ingredients

• ground almonds 300 g
• granulated sugar 100 g
• confectioners' sugar 350 g
• almond essence (optional) 2 drops
• egg white 2

1. 1

   Put ground almonds , granulated sugar , confectioners' sugar , and almond essence (optional) into a food processor and pulse until the mixture comes together into a fine powder. Gently add the egg white and whiz the whole lot together until it comes together.
2. 2

   Dust a work surface with some icing sugar, then tip the marzipan dough out. Gently bring it together with your hands until it makes a smooth dough. You don’t want it to be sticky at this point, so you may need to add more icing sugar.
3. 3

   Then simply roll the marzipan out; ready to cover your cake.